![]() ![]() A cargo handling company has been fined after an employee was fatally crushed between shipping containers whilst working in a container park in Portsmouth. A carpentry and joinery company has been fined after a man working unsecured on the forks of a fork-lift truck fell 3.5 metres to the ground. I don't usually put articles on here about accidents which happen outside the UK but this teenager from Montana has suffered the most horrific injuries I have ever seen in a survivor and is a model of courageousness. A logistics company has been fined £400,000 after a worker broke his back when he fell from a forklift truck. Three companies have been given six-figure fines after a driver was crushed between a reversing HGV and a forklift truck in a warehouse beside Heathrow Airport. The wife of a man left severely disabled by a workplace accident says he is a “stranger in her husband’s body”. A Scottish confectionery and meringue manufacturer has been fined £5,000 after a worker was badly injured in a fall from a forklift truck. A company must pay more than £100,000 after one of its employees was left with life-changing injuries when a pallet of glass weighing more than one tonne fell on top of him. A director has been given a suspended prison sentence and two firms have been fined after a worker was killed when glass panes fell on top of him while unloading a shipping container from a lorry. A building firm has been fined for a catalogue of health and safety failings that included two builders being lifted into the air by a raised telehandler bucket. A wine and drinks supplier has been fined after a visiting HGV driver was killed after being hit by a forklift truck at its depot in Salford. An East Yorkshire garden landscaping supply company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry. Worker's leg crushed in forklift accident as he walked across a pedestrian crossing at the plant. A Lancashire trucking company has been fined after a mechanic died while repairing a forklift truck. Darlington man killed whilst unloading lorry in accident when piece of machinary fell on him. A waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee’s leg was amputated after he was run over by a telehandler. A transport company has been fined £255,000 after a worker fell from a lorry and fractured his skull. A Blackpool clothing firm has been fined £40,000 after a man was seriously injured when he was hit by a forklift truck. Two people died following incidents in 20 respectively at Valencia Waste Management Limited, formerly known as Viridor Waste Management Limited. Two construction companies have been fined a combined total of £120,000 after a groundworker suffered horrific injuries when heavy drainage pipes fell on top of him. Here is a great article that explains many things companies can do to reduce or prevent forklift truck accidents. ![]() Some of the more recent forklift accidents that have come to my attention are listed below and I will update these on an ongoing basis. In the year to April 2013 there were only six fatal accidents which, although too many, is much lower than the 30 annual deaths that were reported annually when I started in the forklift industry in 1970. The really good news is that fatal accidents involving forklift trucks in the United Kingdom have decreased over time. Complete Powerpoint slide presentation for training forklift operators Forklift accidents and prosecutions 2022 - 2023
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